出版社:Harper Collins UK
出版日期:2011-6
ISBN:9780241954645
作者:Graham-Dixon, Andrew
页数:544页
作者简介
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio lived the darkest and most dangerous life of any of the great painters. The worlds of Milan, Rome and Naples through which Caravaggio moved and which Andrew Graham-Dixon describes brilliantly in this book, are those of cardinals and whores, prayer and violence. On the streets surrounding the churches and palaces, brawls and sword fights were regular occurrences. In the course of this desperate life Caravaggio created the most dramatic paintings of his age, using ordinary men and women - often prostitutes and the very poor - to model for his depictions of classic religious scenes. Andrew Graham-Dixon's exceptionally illuminating readings of Caravaggio's pictures, which are the heart of the book, show very clearly how he created their drama, immediacy and humanity, and how completely he departed from the conventions of his time.
书籍目录
List of Illustrations and Illustration
Acknowledgements
Maps:Milan,C.Z590;Rome,C.i600;
Valletta,C.z607;Naples,C.z6zo;
Ita/y,C.i610
Preface and Acknowledgements
Part One:Milan,1571-92
Part 7wo:Rome,1592—5
Part Three:Rome,1595-9
Part Four:Rome,1599—1606
Part Five:The Alban Hills,Naples,Malta,
Sicily,Naples,Porto Ercole,l 606-10
Epilogue
Notes
Further Reading
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内容概要
For more than twenty-five years, Andrew Graham Dixon has published a weekly column on art, first in the Independent and more recently, the Sunday Telegraph. He has written a number of acclaimed books, including A History of British Art and Renaissance, and is twice winner of the Hawthornden Prize, Britain's top prize for writing about art. He is one of the leading figures in broadcasting in the UK, having presented seven major television series on art for the BBC.